MSR’s Looking Back, Looking Ahead: The Giants’ “Odd Years”
2010. 2012. 2014. The San Francisco Giants earned the title “World Champions.” Those years in between? Not so much. Since 2009, odd-numbered years have not been [...]
Oakland A’s
The MSR’s X-Mas List for 2014
The wonderful holiday of Christmas is upon us! For many of us, that means gifts and well-wishes, time with your loved ones, and the possibilities set under one’s [...]
Weighing In: Giants Stand Pat at Deadline
It’s tough to tell whether to be bummed out, elated, or … somewhere in the middle after the MLB Trade Deadline, if you’re a San Francisco Giants fan. After [...]
MSR’s Good Idea/Bad Idea?: October 17, 2013
And now for the return of an old favorite of mine: Good Idea / Bad Idea, where I present four events and issues and explain why they are a good idea or a bad idea. Here we [...]
Giants Advance To NLCS on Epic Comeback
It was a little after the San Francisco Giants’ blowout loss to the Cincinnati Reds in Game 2 of the NLDS where, in a state of defeat, I tweeted the following: It would [...]
MSR’s Random Sports Thoughts, Vol. 9
It’s strange to call a Week 5 game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Green Bay Packers as a great, and quietly touching, story, but that’s the best way to [...]
MSR’s Good Idea/Bad Idea?: November 28, 2011
It’s time for another edition of “Good Idea/Bad Idea.” You know how it works: I address an issue, and make my verdict – is it actually a good idea or [...]
Would Hank Aaron Use in The Steroids Era?
So, I was watching “1st and 10” this morning, and Skip Bayless – as he always does – says something that I knew was going to irk a lot of people. He [...]
The Macho Sports Report 